Packaging Design for Recycling: A Global Recommendation for Circular Packaging Design
This resource considers a holistic view of packaging as essential for sustainable pacakaging development – including delivering on a circular economy and the reduction in the sources of ecological impact on the environment. Design for recycling is part of circular product design and represents an important basis for holistic sustainable assessment.
Accelerating Recycling Best Practices: The 2023 Knowledge Report
This report digs into what it will take from all of those involved across the value chain to incite the change necessary to accelerate recycling best practices.
The Golden Design Rules
The GDR’s are voluntary commitments outline specific design changes aligned with globally recognized technical guidelines and targets laid out in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation?s New Plastic Economy Global Commitments.
RecyClass Online Tool
This tool assesses the recyclability of plastic packaging and shows to what extent it is suitable for recycling by rating it within a class system from A to F, and provides recommendations on where improvements to the package can be made.
Packaging Material Selection Guide
Helps identify, assess and select packaging material options which address end user requirements related to safety, minimizing environmental impacts, and consumer convenience and affordability.
Preferred Plastics Guide
Helps CPMA members in their packaging decision making process by identifying favourable and unfavourable plastic materials, and ones to minimize in the design of packaging structures.
Upstream Innovation: A Guide to Packaging Solutions
Identifies 5 key ingredients that support a successful upstream innovation process, and form the root-cuase solution to plastic packaging waste. Includes the role of LCA.